Jeremy Cherfas

A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.

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Checked into Ai Cocci

Later: And wishing I hadn’t. Very poor food, over-eager service, surrounded by tourists who must be the ones responsible for theis being, apparently, No 7 out of 12000 Rome restaurants.

Eat This Newsletter 238 is out, with some pre-history for Rome's decline and fall and a bunch of stuff on nutrition, good, bad and ultra-processed.

https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-238-history-nutrition/

Replied to a post on aaronparecki.com :

Wait, what? You’re in Rome?

Terrific 50km bike ride with the Rome chapter of FIAB. Absolutely glorious day

Terrific 50km bike ride with the Rome chapter of FIAB. Absolutely glorious day

Hop country, in Bavaria, first leg of the three back to Rome.

Hop country, in Bavaria, first leg of the three back to Rome.

Monday was the 80th anniversary of the roundup and deportation to Auschwitz of the Jews of Rome. That much I knew as I was planning this episode. More recent events took me and everyone else completely by surprise. Then I had two days of network outage, so here’s the latest podcast, on the Jewish Food of Rome. https://eatthispodcast.com/jewish-food

Monday was the 80th anniversary of the roundup and deportation to Auschwitz of the Jews of Rome. That much I knew as I was planning this episode. More recent events took me and everyone else completely by surprise. Then I had two days of network outage, so here’s the latest podcast, on the Jewish Food of Rome. https://eatthispodcast.com/jewish-food

Rome-Munich direct is of immediate interest (I'll be doing it with changes in October) although all 10 projects will make life easier for train travellers in Europe.

https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/connecting-europe-train-10-eu-pilot-services-boost-c...

Somewhat pooped after a long drive, Rome to almost the tip of Salento, made tolerable by a delicious lunch with friends at their new house along the way and the restorative nap that followed.

Festa della Liberazione in Rome. Fighting fascism from a bicycle.

Festa della Liberazione in Rome. Fighting fascism from a bicycle.

One reason I love Rome: some douchebag scraped my car, actually breaking the fixtures for the parking light. Yesterday I took it to the neighbourhood bodyshop (yes, there is one) and it was fixed this morning, plus most of the paint the douchebag had left removed, for €50.

Very fine day out, in warm spring sunshine, to Lago de Vico, a small caldera lake an hour or north of Rome.

Very fine day out, in warm spring sunshine, to Lago de Vico, a small caldera lake an hour or north of Rome.

Replied to a post on twitter.com :

@allysseriordan Me too! Three hours into a two-day trip from Rome to Budapest, with an evening in Venice.

A Day in the Life at 12:37 in Rome. Just another bus ride.

A Day in the Life at 12:37 in Rome. Just another bus ride.

Inside the gazometreo at Rome Maker Faire, but how I wish they had a slot for over 50s only.

Inside the gazometreo at Rome Maker Faire, but how I wish they had a slot for over 50s only.

Very happy to discover that my episode on Garum, Rome's museum of food and cooking, is peaking this week in Nigeria. What are they hearing that you haven't? eatthispodcast.com/garum-museum/

All of Rome seems to have agreed that on a day like today there’s only one place to be: at the beach.

All of Rome seems to have agreed that on a day like today there’s only one place to be: at the beach.

All of Rome seems to have agreed that on a day like today there’s only one place to be: at the beach.

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#adayinthelife On a walk in the park of the Villa Doria Pamphilij in Rome, most sensible people having stayed indoors to avoid getting drenched.

#adayinthelife On a walk in the park of the Villa Doria Pamphilij in Rome, most sensible people having stayed indoors to avoid getting drenched.

Hey @uber_support When are you going to do something about the people in Rome who park bikes where no one can find them? walked past four ghost bikes before I found one that was actually where it was supposed to be.

2020-02-23

2020-02-23

Tucked in behind the grandiose arch is one of the quainter stations of Rome. Many of the stations on the line are request stops. You have to ask the driver to stop.

Just flipped the switch on tickets for the next one-day Sourdough U course in Rome. Come and learn how to care for and use a sourdough leaven. Suitable for experienced bakers and absolute beginners. https://ti.to/sourdough-u/2019-11

I'll be talking to @historicalitalianfood about food in Rome from Aeneas to Alfredo.

I'll be talking to @historicalitalianfood about food in Rome from Aeneas to Alfredo.

Checked into American Academy in Rome

One of the things I love about making my own bread is simply watching the effects of time. From a shaggy, sticky mass to a living dough with a lot of structure, just by waiting 30 minutes and then doing a few quick strech-and-folds in the bowl. Over the course of the next couple of hours I will continue to build structure, but that will take me less than a minute in total. The rest of the time, time itself (and biology, chemistry and physics) works the magic. Still a few places left for the one-day sourdough course at @latteriastudio in Rome on 9 July. Link in bio. And if you can't make that, there's a two-day course in Wales later in the month.

One of the things I love about making my own bread is simply watching the effects of time. From a shaggy, sticky mass to a living dough with a lot of structure, just by waiting 30 minutes and then doing a few quick strech-and-folds in the bowl.

Over the course of the next couple of hours I will continue to build structure, but that will take me less than a minute in total. The rest of the time, time itself (and biology, chemistry and physics) works the magic.

Still a few places left for the one-day sourdough course at @latteriastudio in Rome on 9 July. Link in bio. And if you can't make that, there's a two-day course in Wales later in the month.

My sourdough leaven, active and spongy and ready to do its thing after two builds. I originally received this more than a decade ago, as a Tuscan starter that was more than 100 years old. Is there anything specifically Tuscan about it? I doubt it. Is it the same now as it was 100 years ago, or even 10 years ago? Again, I doubt it. But it is ready to make some delicious, flavourful, nutritious bread -- and that's what matters. Let me hand it on to you, along with the knowledge to start using it, at a one-day bread workshop here in Rome on 9 June 2019. Link in bio and at https://fornacalia.com/learn-to-bake-sourdough-bread-in-rome

My sourdough leaven, active and spongy and ready to do its thing after two builds.

I originally received this more than a decade ago, as a Tuscan starter that was more than 100 years old. Is there anything specifically Tuscan about it? I doubt it. Is it the same now as it was 100 years ago, or even 10 years ago? Again, I doubt it. But it is ready to make some delicious, flavourful, nutritious bread -- and that's what matters.

Let me hand it on to you, along with the knowledge to start using it, at a one-day bread workshop here in Rome on 9 June 2019. Link in bio and at https://fornacalia.com/learn-to-bake-sourdough-bread-in-rome

So pleased to be able to announce that Sourdough U is finally coming to Rome. Thanks to the wonderful @alicekiandra.adams and the big new oven at Latteria Studio I can offer a one-day course on 9 June. Learn how to look after an ancient Tuscan starter and use it to bake a tasty loaf of bread. Full details at https://www.fornacalia.com/2019/learn-to-bake-sourdough-bread-in-rome/ (also in bio).

So pleased to be able to announce that Sourdough U is finally coming to Rome. Thanks to the wonderful @alicekiandra.adams and the big new oven at Latteria Studio I can offer a one-day course on 9 June.

Learn how to look after an ancient Tuscan starter and use it to bake a tasty loaf of bread. Full details at https://www.fornacalia.com/2019/learn-to-bake-sourdough-bread-in-rome/ (also in bio).

Latest episode travels to Louisville, Colorado, to meet Andy Clark, the baker behind @moxiebreadco and one of the most delicious pastries I have ever tasted. Have a listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/moxie -- which I will also put in the bio -- and tell me, please, where I might find the nearest kouign amann in Rome.

Latest episode travels to Louisville, Colorado, to meet Andy Clark, the baker behind @moxiebreadco and one of the most delicious pastries I have ever tasted.

Have a listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/moxie -- which I will also put in the bio -- and tell me, please, where I might find the nearest kouign amann in Rome.

Mid mega (for me) bread bake this morning. Multi seeded 50% wholewheat If you’re in Rome and want in, DM me.

Mid mega (for me) bread bake this morning. Multi seeded 50% wholewheat If you’re in Rome and want in, DM me.

Best chilli in Rome.

Best chilli in Rome.

Checked into American Academy in Rome

Volunteering time

Checked into Hofbräu Bistro

Ridiculously keen to get back to Rome ASAP.

Replied to a post on martymcgui.re :

Marty's summary -- it's hard -- is spot on. I do, however, feel that there's room for both a quick roundup of what's happening in the #indieweb, in the way that Marty has pioneered, and for something a little more discursive. I could easily record interviews with the protagonists over Skype or similar, if they are willing. And if I weren't so geographically isolated here in Rome, I could even try to get to some Indie Web Camps or HWCs and do on the spot recordings.

My feeling is that these kinds of podcasts could help people to embrace and adopt the indieweb. There could also be a role for Q&A type things in the longer podcasts.